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Ukraine’s President: ‘I Was Never Pressured’ by Trump, ‘No Conditions’ Were Imposed |
2019-10-08 |
[CNSNEWS] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday again denied having been put under any pressure by President Trump, during a July phone conversation, to investigate Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden ![]() or his son’s business dealings in Ukraine ‐ an allegation at the center of the Democratic impeachment inquiry. In what was billed as his first major interview by non-Ukrainian media since the row erupted, Zelensky was quoted as telling Japan’s Kyodo News agency that neither his invitation to the White House nor the sale of anti-tank missiles to Ukraine were made conditional on his willingness to cooperate in the Biden matter. "I was never pressured and there were no conditions being imposed" to secure an Oval Office meeting with Trump or the weaponry, he said. Zelensky said he had had no discussions with Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, about investigations into Biden, as a condition for being invited to visit Washington. Neither would he have accepted such a condition, he said. Related: Volodymyr Zelensky: 2019-10-05 Trump To Trim NSC Staff : Enough Whistling ! Volodymyr Zelensky: 2019-10-05 Secret 'show trial': Nunes charges Democrats using intel panel to cloak process Volodymyr Zelensky: 2019-10-03 Congressman Devin Nunes: This Whistleblower Complaint Sure Is Reading Like The Steele Dossier Related: Joe Biden: 2019-10-06 Rudy Giuliani: ‘My mission is to disrupt the world’ by exposing Dems’ ‘massive corruption’ Joe Biden: 2019-10-06 President Trump called Mitt Romney "pompous" Joe Biden: 2019-10-05 FLASHBACK, 2018: Joe Biden Brags At CFR Meeting About Withholding Aid To Ukraine To Force Firing Of Prosecutor Related: Impeachment inquiry: 2019-10-05 Trump To Trim NSC Staff : Enough Whistling ! Impeachment inquiry: 2019-10-05 FLASHBACK, 2018: Joe Biden Brags At CFR Meeting About Withholding Aid To Ukraine To Force Firing Of Prosecutor Impeachment inquiry: 2019-10-05 Secret 'show trial': Nunes charges Democrats using intel panel to cloak process Related: Kurt Volker: 2019-10-06 Rudy Giuliani: ‘My mission is to disrupt the world’ by exposing Dems’ ‘massive corruption’ Kurt Volker: 2019-10-05 Fresh proof Dems’ ‘impeachment inquiry’ is just a kangaroo court Kurt Volker: 2019-09-28 Another Major Part Of The Whistleblower Memo Called Out As False |
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